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Old 10-23-2012, 04:27 PM
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No I'm not running the phos reactor, I'll do a test and see what it is. My Duncan was opening up this morning which is good. I'm wondering if I was stripping too much out of the water before, I was running quite a bit of gfo. I'm going to add carbon this morning as well, I don't have a reactor for it just in a nylon sock.
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Old 10-23-2012, 04:33 PM
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No I'm not running the phos reactor, I'll do a test and see what it is. My Duncan was opening up this morning which is good. I'm wondering if I was stripping too much out of the water before, I was running quite a bit of gfo. I'm going to add carbon this morning as well, I don't have a reactor for it just in a nylon sock.

its possible but i doubt it , i run on a 25g tank what some people run in a year for gfo. im running about a half a reactor full of gfo that goes fast.

now its possible as a whole, to be stripping too many things out , but theres always going to be a tiny bit phoshate always being produced or added....if there wasnt you would have no life in your tank and it would all be dead


how much at what brand are you using??


changing the carbon out for new stuff is a good idea.

do you run socks??
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Old 10-23-2012, 04:36 PM
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Ya I run a filter sock and change it out every few days when it starts overflowing.

I had about 2 cups of brs gfo in the reactor.

I'm also hoping that the cheato I've added will aid in phosphate removal.
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Old 10-23-2012, 04:47 PM
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Phosphate right now is .08
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Old 10-24-2012, 03:29 PM
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What's a good spectrum bulb to use for growing cheato. Right now I have a 13watt cfl at 2700k.
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Old 10-24-2012, 03:44 PM
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I use a 6500k bulb
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Old 10-24-2012, 04:02 PM
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What wattage?
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